displayAddEventHandler

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Description

Description:

Add an event handler to the given display. Returns the ID of the event handler, or -1 when failed. The provided code should return true or false indicating whether or not the engine should skip the event's default action. See User Interface Event Handlers for the full list of event names. If applicable, see DIK_KeyCodes for a list of key code constants, which are relevant to key related user interface events like: KeyDown & KeyUp.

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Syntax

Syntax:

display displayAddEventHandler [eventName, code]

Parameters:

display: Display

[eventName, code]: Array

eventName: String

code: String or Code

Return Value:

Number

Examples

Example 1:

moduleName_keyDownEHId = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", "hint str _this;"];

Example 2:

moduleName_keyDownEHId = findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {hint str _this}];

Additional Information

See also:

ListOfKeyCodesdisableSerializationdisplayRemoveAllEventHandlersdisplayRemoveEventHandlerdisplaySetEventHandlerctrlAddEventHandlerUI Event HandlersfindDisplayDIK KeyCodeskeyName

Notes

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Notes

Posted on October 30, 2013 - 11:14

Killzone_Kid

As of Arma 3 v1.05.111658 ctrlAddEventHandler and displayAddEventHandler support script Code in addition to String [1]

Posted on March 10, 2014 - 14:52

Axyl

From within an Addon, you must assign the events from a spawned script. eg[] spawn { (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler["KeyDown","_this call my_KeyDownFunctionhandler"]; };